We're now accepting submissions to our first issue!

Submissions must be treatments (short planning document describing the proposed project) for video articles that are:

• Broadly related to education.
• Accessible to audiences broader than disciplinary specialists.
• Roughly 6-15 minutes in length.

See the full submission guidelines and submit your piece at the link below!

See our submission page for more details and to submit!

Submission Guidelines:

Content:

• The Video Journal of Education must be the place of first publication for ongoing access to the video.
• These videos should engage with topics in education broadly defined: k12 schooling, out-of-school programmatic spaces, lifelong learning, and education in any context are acceptable, as long as the connection to educational processes can be articulated by the creators.
• They should engage (broadly speaking) research and theoretical literature (optionally including other multimodal work) related to that topic.
• Guidance on citation will be provided - and citations may be included as an addendum to the work that will be published in print on accompanying distribution channels if appropriate, or incorporated into the multimodal work in conjunction with a plan approved by the journal and creators.
• They should be ~6-15 minutes in length

Style

• These videos should take the form of an exploration of a concept or an argument. The intention and supporting material should be clear within the video itself, not requiring supporting text for a non-specialist viewer to engage.  

Technical

• 1080p h.264 mp4 export
• Audio normalized to ~ -23LUFS for dialogue / voice - except where dynamic range is intentionally preserved in on-location sound recordings
• Some technical support is available for accepted submitters

Distribution / Publication

• Accepted Journal submissions will be indexed and stored at CU Academic Commons.
• Accepted Journal submission will be provided a DOI.
• Accepted Journal submissions will be hosted on a third party video platform such as Vimeo and/or Youtube.
• The Video Journal of Education may make clips or derivative works for the purposes of outreach and sharing the work on other channels including social media and the web.
• Accepted Journal submissions and supporting materials will be published on the Video Journal of Education Website.

Timeline (Exact Dates Subject to Adjustment)

Submitters should be prepared to complete their project in this timeline:

• Submissions are due March 16, 2026.
• Decisions will be sent to submitters in April, 2026. 
• Upon acceptance, submitters should be prepared to screen a rough cut of their films and receive feedback in November or December of 2026.
• Final video article versions will be due March 2027 and a final public screening will be planned for May or June of 2027. 

Peer Review

• This will be an open review: submitters names will be known to reviewers and existing body of work may considered in the initial desk review process.
• Review will take place in two phases: desk review of the initial submission, and then open peer review upon acceptance at desk review. Desk review will be conducted by the journal editorial team. Open peer review will take place in the form of publicly available reviewer comments on the rough cut of the video article when the rough cut is completed. 

Submission form questions and requirements

• You will be asked to provide basic information about your plans for your video article, including a brief description, connection to education, the team creating the work, and an opportunity to share other works that demonstrates your ability to complete the video article.

See our submission page to submit your video article!